Chapter: 9 Craig Rocky Hill

The sky seemed to wear the color of betrayal. Tonight, Gweni stones opened all the locked doors in front of us at a time we didn't expect it. The red rays surrounding it flashed as if they were foretelling what I was going to experience. I was like a baby falling into the lap of a magical universe. I had forgotten all my past and opened the doors to a new world. It was like I was flying through the magic dust. And the full moon, which was hard to reach in the sky, changed its crust tonight. The Gweni stones had already captured the entire universe.

My mind was stuck in the last sentences that spilled between Adrshan's lips, slowly plunging into the depths and collapsing. I lived the hard stuff. What I saw was too heavy for me to handle. My mind could no longer fully shape what happened. Adrushan breathed a hard breath through his nose. He looked in my eyes in anger and said, "You're shaking because you're guilty, Misha.".

Suddenly, I stood up and looked at Adrushan's feverish pupils: "I will prove it to you. I'm not guilty, Adrushan."

Adrushan nodded slightly. He held me by my chin and let me look at his face, and he blew it gently towards my hair, which fell on my face. "Time is running out, Misha. Get some clothes on. It's time for us to go to Craig Rocky Hill."

As he said, time was running out, and even though I wasn't guilty, I'd already consumed the poison of guilt. I was like a cliff. Adrushan wasn't going to stop hitting the waves of his on my skirts. His eyes briefly touched my eyes. He left me alone in the room where we were, breathing hard through his nose, and took hasty steps. After a few seconds of digesting what had happened, I started walking towards the bed. I hurriedly put on the yellow cardigan and black leather boots that were in the shopping bag. The darkness of the night was trapped in the room. I left the room and went into the hall and sat in the single seat, waiting for Adrushan.

After a few minutes of waiting, the door of Adrushan's room opened and Adrushan came out. I looked up at Adrushan as if he were running away from a killer. He was wearing a black sweater under a black leather jacket. He had black jeans underneath and wore black leather boots resembling soldier boots on his foot. I think the only thing that reminded me of Porto in this world where I am now is that the way the people who live here dress is like us. He looked at me with a frown and then started walking towards the exit door. I started walking behind him in no time.

When we went out, the harsh touch of cold air made me tremble. When I briefly looked around, I could see countless stars blindly enveloping the sky. The red rays they scattered around made my mind easily breathless.

"Everything is so strange. Why are the stars in the sky spreading red rays?"

"Nothing seems strange. You don't stop playing games, and it bothers me. It's Gweni stones in the sky, you little liar."he said through his teeth.

"Gweni stones?"I asked with a frown.

He threw his hair backwards with his long thin fingers through his hair. His gaze was more dangerous than ever. Munzevi world taught me to ignore all the truths I knew. I was in a world where the stars that enveloped the sky were considered Gweni stones. Adrushan's suspicious gaze cut off all my moves that stood in front of me like a chainsaw. He took his gaze from me and turned in front of him and started ignoring me.

We entered the green pine forest near the house.

I could smell a heavy resin. Our surroundings are armed with different shades of green. I see a thick pine tree just ahead, a elephant lying on its back to us...

Although what I saw seemed normal, it was the first time I had encountered an elephant in my life.

"Siyon Mehadeha (come here)."Adrushan called out loud.

The elephant, whose back was facing us without understanding anything, suddenly got up from where it was lying and turned towards us. My eyebrows were raised in amazement. I've never seen an elephant like this before.

It had an imposing size. It had a long hose and very large ears. Its legs were very thick and in a column state.

It began to move towards Adrushan like a pet. I tried to walk away, stepping backwards under the influence of the tremble that enveloped my body. Adrushan raised his head, hugging its leg in a thick column, talking to the elephant in a language I don't understand. Before long, Adrushan looked at me over his shoulder and said, "Come here, Misha."

It was hard for me to do it when I shook my head and it was just as scary. My steps towards him were cautious when I could barely breathe, and my heart was beating nonstop, as if it had lost its way in the environment I was in.

"Hey! Come on, Don't be afraid. My son won't hurt you, Misha."

My lips were ajar, but I couldn't stop the lethargy that prevented me from speaking. No matter how strong and fearless I tried to look, the tears that flowed from my eyes proved that I had surrendered. He raised one eyebrow. His black eyes, playing into the darkness of the night, made me turn as if I were stuck in a ring.

"Did you forget to talk, Misha?"

"This... This elephant is huge."

His eyebrows were raised in the air with ridicule. My heart was beating so fast when I was biting into my cheeks, it was like I was taking refuge in difficult obstacles so as not to get down on my knees.

As he rolled his eyes up, he looked up at the sky, and the hard-curved throatboll moved slowly up and down. This guy had a beauty that would upset all the balances. He was slender, long, and had a sharp neck.

For a moment, my mind realized the situation he was in and stumbled, stunned. At the end of a few steps he took, he was now standing in front of me. His breath hit the hidden walls of my face, touching our feet together.

His long fingers slipped on my chin and he slowly lifted up my chin, which he grabbed between his index finger and thumb, saying, "Why don't you let me go?"I asked him. My voice was trembling.

"Look into my eyes, Misha."he said in a low voice.

"I won't look."I whispered.

"Come on, I want to know who you are before it's too late. Come on, Misha."

"Huh...no."

He reached out his hand to me, moved his index finger and asked me to come. I was shaking when I did what he said. Holding it tight by the wrist, we moved towards the elephant standing in front of us.

Adrushan, towards the elephant standing in front of us, said: "Mila(lift your foot)."he gave his command.

As I pushed myself back, the elephant raised its foot and extended it towards me.

"Don't be afraid! We're going to Craig Rock Hill with this elephant."he whispered.

He grabbed one arm and slid me completely over the elephant; then turned towards the elephant and said, "Mudari (lift your proboscis.)."Clinging to his proboscis, he began to climb on top of the elephant.

"If you don't want to fall, hold on to my waist, Misha."

I shuddered and sidle Adrushan. This elephant we're riding now was a very different elephant than a normal elephant. This elephant, restless with its proboscis , seemed to give us the news of a bad journey ahead..

"Hold on tight! We're Flying, Misha." As soon as I didn't understand, I continued to look at the black wings of the elephant we were on with, with bewildered looks. The shock I experienced when I was facing an elephant was accompanied by black wings, and I was now flying among the clouds in the sky on top of a flying elephant. For fear of falling, I held on tightly to Adrushan and briefly looked around. The red rays shining from the gweni stones illuminated the path we were going. It seemed to fall out one by one, like dark black pearls. I closed my eyes, hoping that everything would be a dream, while the flying elephant's wings, rising and descending, made it easy for me to become aware of everything. I was getting tighter as the cold air hit my face and sidle Adrushan. We continued to fly among the mountains, lined up in succession. It was raining twine by twine. As the Earth breathed its delicious scent around, the leaves of the trees danced with the wind breeze. As the blue stream, which came from the valley formed by two mountains, curled beyond the rebel and deep horizon lines of the sky, roared right in front of the trees, the intensity of the rain steadily increased. The sky came and went among the most glorious shades of red. Munzevi world was divided into two glamorous pieces with a red line. In the lower part, combative sounds left an echo effect; in the upper regions, admirable colors prevailed. As it went up, the hardness of the brushstrokes increased, as if the painter had persistently gained his power. Red followed black. A mysterious black. There was no emotion it gave; it was just black.

"Hang on, we're landing." This phrase, burning like a light in the emotions dominated by black, helped to find my way like a burning candle. The elephant's wings threw everything like a representative of the infinity of the sky. A fierce lightning bolt lit up the sky amid the dark clouds. The shaking of the soil under our feet left small earthquake effects on my weak body. Jumping on this big elephant, looking at my expressionless face, Adrushan reached out his hand to me and said, "Come on down." said. Holding his hand, I jumped over the elephant without waiting. At the top of the slightly hilly mountain, the wolves began to surround the circle. Just as the moon rose to the top, the wolves that surrounded the circle were dispersing one by one.

"Go." said. Again, I never liked it.

I barely took a few steps and walked to the tree a few feet away and sat down. I put my back against the tree and closed my eyes. The indescribable pile of questions that took over my mind was scattered one by one with the sounds of birds.

"Is there a lot of Craig Rocky Hill?"when I asked, he continued on his way, leaving me unanswered. I moved in the direction of Adrushan without wasting any time where I was sitting. There was no logical explanation for the situation I was in. I swallowed hard and closed my eyes. I was cold, but also felt like I was walking my feet through the wetlands of hell. As we approached the end of the forest, we entered a cave hidden between two mountains. The insects surrounding the cave allowed us to distinguish everything in the dark thanks to the blue rays they spread around. We didn't open our mouths. I had no idea what we were about to encounter. A few steps later, Adrushan held my hand gently, and began to apply the yellow-hued liquid flowing through the walls of the cave into my face. Then he applied the same liquid into his face. It was like I was stuck in the middle of a stupid game, "Stop it! Are you crazy? Why are you doing this?"I whispered, without saying anything, he put his index finger on my constantly trembling lips and asked me to shut up.

"There are poisonous, deadly vines at the back exit of the cave. These vines are all over Craig Rock Hill. It's impossible to get to the top. This cave is the only place where poisonous, deadly vines do not enter."

"Is it because of this yellow liquid leaking through the walls of the cave?"

"Oh, yeah, you're so smart, you little liar."

He began to fill and drink the liquid leaking from the wall in the palm of his hand, and then tried to drill holes in the walls of the cave with a sharp knife that he pulled out of his pocket. As the liquid quickly flows through the wall, he fills it in his palm and said, "Drink this, Misha.".

He sounded calm, but on the contrary, it scared me.

"No, I can't drink this."

My wobbly voice, like an earthquake, wanted to ignore everything that happened and swallow this universe. He kept his harsh gaze on my face.

"You want to die; okay, I get it. Don't drink, stay here. I'm leaving."

When he spilled the liquid from his palm on the floor, I realized he was serious. He turned around and started moving fast towards the back exit of the cave. My mind was filled with anxiety again, and I realized that there was no other way but to trust him. I quickly began to move on top of sharp rocks, behind them.

"Stop! OK, I do as you say. I can't be here alone." He turned back and looked at me with a hard look over his shoulder. I started drinking when that yellow liquid seeped through the sharp walls of the cave filled my palm. All of a sudden, all the voices were gone. It tasted interesting. At the same time, I was embracing an indescribable feeling that had taken hold of me in my mind. Everything I went through now seemed normal to me. I was stuck in a realm of legends.

We climbed the sharp steps that went round and round and started moving quickly towards the upper exit of the cave. As we moved in the direction of the light, we saw the exit. When we came out of the cave, we briefly took a look around. The walls surrounding it were interesting. I knew we had to get to one of the watchtowers above the walls. A warm breeze moved my hair freely.

"Fascinating, isn't it? expressing his own admiration, Adrushan took a few steps to the edge of the walls and, as he continued to watch the landscape, "I now realize why poison vines have not been depleted in such a paradise for centuries." said. After that, I go to him:

"And where are those poisonous deadly vines?"I asked him.

And he pointed down with his hand. The direction he was pointing was northwest. These red vines, which surrounded the rocky hills, surrounded all the hills like an army with a green flag.

"Don't be afraid! The effect of the liquid we drink in the cave is high. They don't feel us, Misha."

"I don't understand what effect this liquid has. How do those deadly vines not feel about us right now?" when I said, he approached me and said," The liquid that seeps through the walls of this cave has a mysterious secret. And you know it. In the Munzevi world, people have been talking about this secret for years. You know that, Misha."His doubts about me still persisted; but to feel the diminished sense of confidence reflected in his voice... it made my heart ache aimlessly.

We went up to the top of the watchtower. From here we could see everywhere. A few seconds later, he took a few steps in that direction on the rustle from his left side,

"How could this happen. There is something wrong. Poison vines feel us." Grabbing me by the wrist, we ran fast towards Craig Rock Hill. We were out of breath. The anxiety that surrounded Adrushan's face made me afraid. He pulled out the pointed knife from his pocket and tried to hold it firmly in his hand. We kept turning around and running. The strange rustling kept rising like a scream. When we got to the edge of the cliff, the strong wind was freezing my bones. Suddenly, we were startled by the sound we heard. We looked right and left, but there was no one here. Adrushan closed his eyes and breathed again, exhaled, exhaled, exhaled...

And the sound that reached our ears at that time was a harbinger of a trap. When Adrushan realized this, he turned to me and took my face in his palms and said, "Listen to me: you will not listen to this sound. It's a trap. Poison vines will mislead us. You just listen to me." Ignoring the hum, we ran fast to Craig's Rocky Hill. There was one oddity. The road to the hill was divided in half. Looking expressionless at my face, Adrushan left my wrist and reached for a small stone standing on the floor. When he didn't know what to do, he quickly threw the stone in his hand towards the road that was divided in half. The stone he threw fell in the middle of the road, which was split in half. "We're hallucinating. Hold my hand tight and you won't open your eyes in any way. You're not gonna open it unless I tell you to."a harsh voice said.

I closed my eyes and started running fast as if nothing had happened. I swallowed. We just kept on running, holding my breath for a while. Two different voices reached my ears at the same time.

I couldn't breathe. My chest was shrinking, my vision was blurring.

"Open your eyes, Misha. Do you hear my voice?"Adrushan's voice was constantly rising.

All I saw was Adrushan's black and deep eyes when I barely ajar my eyelashes, which went from fear to fear. My lips, trembling with fear, seemed to wish what had happened was a dream.

"Calm down. We're at Craig Rock Hill. We're out of danger."

"How did it happen?"

"Don't worry about it. Come on, get up."

As I slowly stood up from where I was lying, I looked back over my shoulder. Everything was so normal. We were on a Craig rocky hill, and on the cliff edge of the hill stood a hunched man dressed in black, his back facing us.

"Don't be afraid."Adrushan said, in a voice that only I could hear.

"Where did that guy come from?"I whispered.

"The Craig Rocky Hill has secret passages."

"Why are you here?"the old man asked, dividing our whispers.

"Misha," Adrushan said. I looked him with a frown. "A few days ago, I saw her unconscious on the floor in the secret library of my house. I brought her here to you, thinking it was a game of The Wizard Ohannes. Only you can solve this."

The old man turned towards us. Raising his eyebrows, he looked at us and, a few steps closer, pointed his hand at my face.

"Come closer to me, girl."

I felt like I was in the middle of a thriller. As I approached the man by taking a step or two, the old man stubbornly approached me with his hump and put his index finger in the middle of my left hand.

"Twenty years ago, a girl like you said she didn't belong in the Munzevi world. It was mentioned in the sacred chain books that the girl could not survive and suddenly disappeared. For years, The Wizard Larmd investigated where this mystery came from. After this search, the Wizard Larmd also disappeared." I paused in the face of what the old man said.

"I don't understand?" he looked my eyes when I asked.

"You don't belong here."he said in a mechanical voice.

"That amulet hanging from that damned cliff will find you, and the last holy water of calamities will throw the scorched fire of Satan. The trap you're stuck in will resurrect death."

The man, who shuddered away from me, stepped back and shook his head from side to side, bewildered.

"I don't understand you."Adrushan said. As I breathed the amazement in his voice, I looked over my shoulder at him.

"Get out of here. This girl doesn't belong here. You need to go through the secret passageways of Craig Rocky Hill. Poisonous deadly vines destroy people who don't belong here."

"We both drank that liquid in the cave. There must be a logical explanation for this. This girl is part of the Wizard Ohannes ' game."he said in a harsh voice.

As I looked at the old man and Adrushan, who had crashed where I was, the ground began to slide under my feet.

"Get out of here. The deadly vines became aware of this girl's existence. That girl has the amulet. Time won't be able to digest that talisman."

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